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No. 443,170. Patente'dnec. 23,1890.

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SEAT PAD FOR WATER ULOSETS.

No. 443,170. Patented Dec. 23,' `1890.

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IUNITED STATES PATENT Ormea.

JOEL TIFFANY, OF HINSDALE, ILLINOIS.

SEAT-PAD FOR WATER-CLOSETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,170, dated December 23, 1890.

Application filed April 5, 1890. Serial No` 346,738. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOEL TIFFANY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hinsdale, in the county of Du Page and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvem ents in SeatPads forWater-Closets, Privies, and Commodes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an absolutely fresh seat-surface for each use of a Water-closet, privy, or eommode,whereby cleanliness and freedom from contagion are secured.

The invention consists, essentially,in an annular pad adapted for a Water-closet seat, privy-seat, or commodeseat, composed of a series of superposed separable sheets of suitable material.

Figure l of the accompanying drawings represents a perspective view of a Water# closet provided with this improved seat-pad.

Fig. 2 represents a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 represents a vertical transverse section of a portion of a Water-closet having a hinged seat provided With this improved seatpad in raised position. Fig. 4 represents a similar section, the seat-pad being in position for use. Fig. 5 represents a transverse section on an enlarged scale of this improved seat-pad on line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 represents an enlarged transverse section through a portion of this improved seat-pad on line 6 G of Fig. 2, the top layer of the pad being illustrated as in the process of removal.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

The Water-closet bowl l0, the seat 20, and the back 30 may be of any suitable construction. In the drawings the seat 2O is represented as hinged to the back by means of hinges 2l.

An annular seat-pad 40, composed of a number of superposed annular sheets 4l, is adapted to iit the seat and constitutes the seatsurface thereof. The layers composing this pad are united in such a manner as to be easily separable one from another. Mucilage or other suitable cement may be applied to their edges at several points for the purpose of attaching the sheets together, or they may be subjected to pressure and molded so as to cause them to adhere sufficiently for the purpose. The pad is provided With a notch 42 to facilitate the removal of the top sheet, the edges of the sheets at the notch being free from cement.

The sheets 4l comprising the pad are pret'- erably composed of Water-proof material .to prevent moisture from penetrating the underlying sheets and to keep them in condition for use for surface sheets. These sheets may be composed of paper made Water-proof by any process of Waterproofing paper known to those skilled in the art. The pad may also be medicated, if desired, for sanitary purposes.

The pad propel` is preferably mounted upon a base-plate 43, which may be hinged to the seat 20, and a spring 50 is attached at one end to the pad and at the other end to the Watercloset back to automatically raise the seatpad from the seat when not in use. The baseplate 43 may be provided with a spring-catch 44 for holding down the pad.

This improved pad may be applied to privyseats, commode-seats, and the seats of invalidchairs, as well as to Water-closet seats. It may be manufactured in different sizes and shapes to fit various sizes and shapes of such seats and placed on the market as an independent article of manufact-ure in condition to be applied to the seat by the user.

In the use of this pad the top sheet or layer thereof is removed after each use of the seat or as often as may be required to present a clean surface. The detachment of the top layer may b e effected by placing the finger in notch 42 and lifting said layer between the thumb and finger. lVhen the pad is exhausted, a new pad may be put in its place.

The term annular7 as applied to the pad herein described and claimed or its component sheets is to be understood as including a pad having an opening adapted for a Watercloset or privy seat Whether the outer margin of said pad be circular, oval, or otherwise.

I claim as my invention@ l; A seat-pad for a Water-closet, privy, or commode, consisting of a number of annular superposed separable sheets.

2. A seat-pad for a Watercloset, privy, or commode, consisting of a base-plate and .a pad mounted thereon composed of a number of superposed separable sheets.

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ber of superposed separable sheets, and a spring for swinging said plate Outlet position when not in use.

6. A seat-pad for a Water-closet, privy, or commode, composed of a number of annular superposed separable sheets, said pad being provided With a notch to facilitate the rezo moval of the successive top sheets.

JOEL TIFFANY. Witnesses:

SOLOMON SNOW, JAMES VAN INWAZEN. 

